Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Stability is not immobility